Undergarment.



C. J. BAKER.

UNDERGARMENY.

APPLICATION FILED FBILZS, 191s.

LWLWGW Patented Dec.9,1913.

C. I. BAKER. UNDERGARMBNT.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB.28,1913.

LWL-l Patented 1060.9,1913.

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The chief object of my invention is to. provide a garment ot the above mentioned class which wilt have an open crotch and open rear portion and means for normally keeping; the said open crotch and rear portion closed.

Another: object 0t my invention is to prodnee a garment oi the above described type which can be quichiy and eheapiy mains factored and which will lie durable and comfortable to the wearer.

fthese Qhjerts it attain in the following; manner; reference heingg .had to the aeeonr panting drawings in 'Whieh,

l iggnre 1, a View of a iiattened tuhn tar' talorio from which the garment is preferaloiy out; Fig: 2, is a View of the main portion oi the garment after the same has been out from the tube shown in t and retlat tened. on the line 6-4) 1; Figs. 2 and 4, are views of g 'ussets which are inserted in the portions and whirh'are eat in a particular manner; Fig. is r view an insertion whit-h it pre't'erahty use; F ti is a rear View the main body portion as "shown in Fin. 2: t i s. *t' and front a It: 9

and rear views respeetiveiy oi my improved 9, shows another tanner of and it 10, shows another manner oi? terns mg; the leg and crotch gussets.

in forming my improved garment from the fabric shown in Fig. 1 [the tatter is rut on the lines 1 and through both thieir messes thereby separating the main portion of the aarment from the-gusset portion. The fabric is then split atone; one edge from the point 't to the point 3 and aion the opposite edge from Z to at and then through both thit'hnesses from to Zi. 'iihe arni portions are out at the to oi the tuhe in any form or shape desired in the usual manner. 7

The leg and Crotch gassets are produeed by cutting through both thicknesses of the fabric on the lines (3, 7, 8 and 9., it), :3, and

to under garmentsneekand the insert or gusset section as shown in Fig. may he cut from the Waist fabric remain ing as eteariy shown hy the triangle h. Each of the gussets made in the almi'einentioned rnanner will be divided into two sections by a cutting on the line T t and i""-8 and the division will extend down from its upper end.

assembling the garment, the sides 11 and 12 ot the t iangutar gusset section are sewed to the or 13 and it of the main tahric termed by the splitting oi the :t'ahric from it to 3 as hetore stated and so that E the apes 15 is at the point 3 as Clearly shown in Fig. The edge 9 to it) of the gusset shown in Fig. -:t is then sewed to the edge of the triangular gusset seetion or insert so that the point it) of the gusset is substantially ,eoincident with the point it of the said triangular insert. "the edge it), it of the gusset shown in tf i g. t is then ttti sewedto the remaining portion oi the edge it and the edge ti, '7 oi the ieg gusset; 1s sewed to the portion in, it) formed by the cot, t too and so that the carved i" to 8 extends on the inside oi the dohloie thickness 'tahrie as shown by the carved dotted iine in ft igg. ti. The edge ti, fittyot" the said hitter asset is then sewed. to the it) is at the point it of the said insert. The

edge if) to it? then sewed-to the remaining portion of the edge 13. it}; the above tit :irrangteuient the towest portions ot' the edges formed by the setting from 5) to 8 and from 9 to 1:5 Witt lie ooincitlent and the points it and o" Wiii he Sttilstttflijittllfi.CUitlti'itiBttt.

it will thus he seen that since the edges 8 4) and 8 9 tlare upwardly and continue to increase their degree 0t oreriap in the trout of the garment. and. since the ed or,

8-T and S t extend upwardly in the tear in an overlapped position. a garment made in tt('('0l'(lttlt(t with my intention wiii he (iOr-tt-liiiill3f at the erotth portion owing to the tart that the grussots are sewed to the bottom of the triangular insert in the man ner heretofore deseritwil that the tree edges tee from 8 to 9 and from 8 to 9 of the leg gussets will telescope and tend to keep the crotch,

portion closed under normal conditions as is clearly shown in Fig. 7, and, as the portions of the gussets bounded by the curved edges form the overlapping flaps in the rear, it will be readily seen that, as they s ing from the crotch portion, they will normally tend to form a proper closure for the rear opening of the garment.

In the form of cutting shown in Fig. 9 the edges which result from the cutting on the line i, 5 of Fig. 1, are eliminated. In this case the line 6, 7 is sewed directly to the main portion of the garment in the same position shown from 18 to 19 in Fig. 8.

In Fig. 10 I have shown a leg gusset and the triangular section or insert formed in one piece and this construction can be employed if so desired.

1. A union garment made from a tubular fabric cut at its front and rear throughout a portion of its length to form leg portions; gussets inserted in the leg portions, each of said gussets being divided for a portion of its length downwardly from its upper end" and having edges secured respectively to the edges formed by the front and rear cuts of the fabric, one of the portions formed by the division of each gusset extending upwardly and being secured to the front of the fabric, the other of said latter portions extending upwardly and being secured to the rear oI said fabric.

2. An open crotch union garlnentmade from a tubular fabric cut at its front and rear thro'ighout a portion of its length to form leg portions; a gusset inserted in each leg portion, each of said gussets being divided for a portion of its length downwardly from its upper end and having edges secured respectively to the edges formed by the said front and rear cu ts of the fabric, one of the portions formed by the division of each gusset extending upwardly and being secured to the front of said fabric in a position overlapping the other, the other of said portions extending upwardly and being" secured to the rear of said fabric also in an overlapped position.

3. An open crotch union garment made from a tubular fabric cut at its front and rear throughout a portion of its length to form leg portions; a gusset inserted in each leg portion, each of said gusse-ts being di vided for a portion of its length downwardly from its upper end and having edges secured respectively to the edges formed by the said forward and rear cuts of the fabric, one of said portions formed by the division of one of the gussets terminating in an angular sectim and having its edges secured to the upper part of the edges forming the front leg portions of the gar lent, another portion of each gusset formed by the division extending upwardly and'being secured to the rear of the said fabric in a position overlapping the other, said angular portion and a portion formed by the division of the other gusset extending upwardly in an overlapped position, the latter portion being also secured to the said fabric.

4-. An open crotch union garment made from a tubular fabric cut at its front and rear throughout a portion of its length to form leg portions;.a crotch gusset inserted in each leg portion, each of said gussets be ing divided into two sections partway down from its upper end and having edges secured respectively to the edges formed by the said front and rear cuts, one of said sections in one gusset having a free edge coincident at the crotch with a free edge of one of said sections of the other gusset, said free edges flaring. upwardly in overlapped positions, said latter sections being secured to the front of the fabric, the other of said sections having free edges extending from the crotch upwardlyin the rear in overlapped positions and being secured to the rear of the faln-ic.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES J. BAKER.

"W tnesses:

AUGUSTUS B. Corrns, Joe. H. KLnIN. 

